Folding chair and rocker



N0. 6|3,582. Patented Nov. I, I898. B. LUND.

FOLDING CHAIR AND ROCKER.

(Application filed Dec. 3 1, 1897,.)

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH LUND, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FOLDING CHAIR AND ROCKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 613,582, dated November1, 1898.

Application filed December 31, 1897. Serial No. 664,846. (No model.)

T0 at whom it ntay concern.-

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH LUND, of Cincinnati, in the count-y ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved FoldingChair and Rocker, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object'of the invention is to provide a new and improved foldingchair and rocker which is simple and durable in construction andarranged for convenient folding into a very small space for storing,transportation, or other purposes.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the improvement arranged as a chair.Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation ofthe same as folded. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of part of theimprovement arranged as a rocker. Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross-section ofthe same on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an enlarged side elevationof the rocker partly folded, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the runner forthe rocker.

The improved folding chair consists of two leg-frames A and B, theback-frame O, and the seat and back D, made of a piece of flexiblematerial and extending from the upper ends of the leg-frames A and B upthe backframe O, as is plainly shown in the drawings. The leg-frames Aand B, as Well as the backframe 0, are each made of a single piece ofmaterial, preferably metal, and bent into inverted-U shape, as indicatedin Fig. 2, the side bars or legs of said leg-frames being pivotallyconnected with each other at or near their middle by pivots E to permitof folding the inner leg-frame B into the outerleg-frame A. The sidebars of the ba'cloframe O are pivotally connected at their lower ends bypivots F with the upper ends of the side bars or legs of the outermostleg-frame A, so that the latter can readily fold into the said backframe 0.

The seat D is formed at its forward end with a loop D, engaging themiddle or crossbar of the leg-frame B, the said loop also containing ahalf-round piece of wood G, rounding off the forward end of the seat D,as indicated in Fig. 1. The seat D, after passing around the middleportion of the leg-frame A, extends upward to connect at its upper endby a loop D with the cross-bar of the backframe 0, so that the seat andthe back are properly held in position when the leg-frames andback-frame are extended, as indicatedin the drawings.

The extreme lower ends of the side bars of the back-frame C are formedwith inwardlyprojecting lugs 0', adapted to abut against the rear edgesof the side arms of the outer leg-frame A to hold said frame 0 in properposition, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

When it is desired to form a rocker out'of the chair, as described, thena runner H is employed, bent into U shape, as shown in Fig. 7, and thelower ends of the side bars of the leg-frames A and B are provided withpins 1 1, respectively adapted to be sprung into corresponding aperturesin the said runner-frame to connect the leg-frames with the runner.

When it is desired to fold the rocker, the operator disconnects thepivot-pins I I from the runner H, then swings the leg-frame B into theleg-frame A, and the latter into the back-frame 0, so that the severalparts are folded one within the other in a comparatively small space topermit of readily trans porting or storing the folded rocker.

As shown in cross-section in Fig. 4, the runner is preferably madeL-shaped in crosssection.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A folding chair, consisting of two in Icethe baek-fran1e being provided with inwardlyprojeeting lugs at theirends, and a seat and back of flexible material secured to the crossbarsof one leg-frame passed under the crossbar of the other leg'fraine andsecured to the cross-bar of the baok-frame, substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. A folding chailgeoniprising two inverted- U-shaped leg-frames pivotedtogether to fold one within the other, an inverted-U-shaped back-framehaving its side members pivoted a short distance from their ends to theupper portions of the side members of one of the leg-frames, the lowerends of the said side members of the back being formed withinwardly-projecting lugs, and a seat and back of flexible materialsecured to the cross-bar RUDOLPH LUND.

Witnesses:

EMIL IIOFFMANN, J12, LOUISE HOFFMANN.

